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i @mtu atm atttt @fitna JAMES P. MORR`S, OF' BLOOMINGTON, ILL-INOIS; Letters Patent Na. 67,064, dated Jul 23, 1867.

s IMPEOVED GAR-GOUPLING.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: V

Be it -known that I, JAMES P. MORRIS, of Bloomington, in the connty of McLean, and State of Illinois,

hare invented a newan'l useful Improvcd Safety Car-Coupling; and I do lereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled 'in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceompanying draivings, forming 'part of this speeification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved car-coupling showing it in a working position.

Figure 2`is a horizontal section of the same, taken through the line x-x, fig. 1, showing the ipside of the jzws and-position of the spring E, the recess C for the more secure holding of .the link-block G, and the spring holders D D at the sides. V

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the coupling 'showing the position of the link and link-bloclg and more efl ectually the ledges B B.

Fignre 4 is a separate view of the link in connection with the link-block.

Figure 5 is a detached view of the side holders or oatches, in combination with the spring.-

Figure 6 is a view of the bolt or fastening-pin used in connecting the cars.

My inventon has for its Object to furnish an improved coupliig to insure greater Safety to trains running upon railroads, by constructing the bumper" or coupling in such a manner that while affording secu'e hitching -as long as thecars remain in proper position upon the rails, yet upon any one being thrown from the track it will readily detach itself from the train without dragging other cars with it, whether the car thus thrown 'oil be in the front, middle, or rear of' the train. And it consists, first, in the f bumper" being constructed nearly in the usual mauner, the exceptions being that the jaws for the admission of the link are open at the sides, and have flanges o'rledges for the secure holding of the link-block, and further furnished with catehes or holders at the sides of the humper working on pins, 'and kept in place bya spring soas to efl'ectually prevent thelink from escaping until it isturned to a certain angle; second, thecombinatiomw ith the above-describedflbumper," of a link furnished at one of'its ends witha link-block working f-.eely therein, for the purpose of securely coupling the ears when in proper position, and yet ail'ording the means of ready uncoupling, should the necessity occur, as he'einafter more fully described.

A, fig 1, represents the car-coupling in its proper working position, with link and link-block in place as holdingthe cars together, the other end of 'the link to be held in place by the bolt or pinion in the usual manner. This coupling may be made of cast iron, wrought iron, or other equivalent material, by the usual wellknown methods of constrncting couplings by skilled artisans, with a recess, O, as shown in fig. 2, for the more secureholdng of the link-block in a central position, the ledges or flanges -b 6, and side catches D D in con nection with `the spring E. The dotted lines I K show the position of the'link and catch in the act of separa- 'tion, while the vertical section, fig. 3, explains more fully the construction of the ledges l? b, which hold the link securely in its plafce by means of the link-block G; a betteryiew of the same being found in fig. 4. Said block being a. solid mass of cast or wrought iron of a conical shape, with a groove in its edges to adnlt f-free play of the link upward or downward, the-block being held in place at the end of the link by a spur or projection shown at L, fi'g. 4. The holders or side catches D Dare fully explained by the drawing, fig. 5, in connection with the spring E, which is a simple bar-spring attached to the catehes by loops, and bent into place in the coupling, as shown at n, fig. 2, and the catches secured by pins at o 0 to the coupling.

Having thus describcd my invention, I clai'm as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A bumper constructed after the manner as shown herein, with ledges b b, recess C, catches D D, springE, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2 The combination of the bumper, link, link-block, and .the several parts of-each With each other, substantially as described and for the purposes specified.

JAMES P. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

J. W. Cms'r, G. C. PI'ZER. 

